“But when he heard this, He said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a physician but those who are sick….I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'” (Mt 9:12-13)
With all the people in the world (over 7,062,834,338) — it seems difficult sometimes to believe that God knows and cares about me. [click to see current population]
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.”
If you greatly desire something,have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
I’ve been tweeting off and on for awhile now. I don’t have a big following so far – about 800 or so people. And I’m approaching about 2,000 tweets now.
My friend Mark Goeser’s son David is missing! Please pray that he will be found soon!
And over a period of months in 2005, God led me to realize that it was time to transition out of my role as pastor. The final confirmation came while I was preaching the last message in a series on Disciplemaking in December. The theme of the message was on obedience.
A couple of years ago I created a 31 Day Missional Challenge. It was a simple idea to take daily steps toward engaging in the mission of Jesus. Lots of people have tried it. Churches have gone through the challenge together. Small groups have focused on it. And so can you.
I think each village was meant to feel pity for its own sick and poor whom it can help and I doubt if it is the duty of any private person to fix his mind on ills which he cannot help. (This may even become an escape from the works of charity we really can do to those we know.)
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